On 10.02.2011 22:05, Vincent Fourmond wrote: > Hello, > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Michael Biebl <[email protected]> wrote: >> hal is being deprecated and we eventually want to get rid of it [1]. > > I'm glad to take notice, but it would be great if the page would > either give reasons why hal is deprecated or at least point > prominently to a suitable page. (just for the sake of not following > you blindly ;-)...).
If you e.g. follow the Ubuntu Wiki (under "Related links") there is a link to a post of HAL's upstream regarding this topic http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/hal/2008-May/011560.html >> Please stop using libhal(-storage) and use newer interfaces >> like libudev. >> Looking at the configure options, there is already a --disable-hal >> switch, which allows to build without HAL support. > > I never used of the hal features of pmount personally; I'll be glad > to be rid of it, if truth be told. > > What it the timeline for the removal ? Timeframe is wheezy, the sooner the better though as such a change in a package shouldn't be introduced in the end of a development cycle. Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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